Tasty Basque cake! It is basically a tart with custard inside together with a heavenly taste of almond essence. Yummy! We first had this when we travelled to Spain to do the Camino De Santiago de Compostela with our kids. Our very first night was a communal pilgrims meal and this was the dessert. It…
Sweet Treats
Claire’s Famous Chocolate Cake
You know when a recipe makes its way into your kitchen and it’s titled “Claire’s Famous Chocolate Cake” or Susan’s or Mary’s or Jenny’s or Barbara’s or Betty’s then you know, you just know, you’re dealing with something high-level. Something stellar. Revere the recipe with someone’s name on it. The piece of paper carrying those…
Mini Doughnuts
Bite Me!! These mini doughnuts are a complete and utter treat. I always used to think only bakeries could make doughnuts. But no!! No no no!! We can too!! My goodness, if only I had known how EASY it is to make these melt-in-you-mouth balls of deep-fried dough, I would have tried a lot sooner!…
Mini Custard Tarts
Happy Spring day beautiful people! I like to celebrate the start of spring with a cake or tart, something summery to set the tone for the glorious warm days to come. Now, Custard Tarts topped with berries are just the thing I had in mind but they felt very intimidating. They were the kind of…
Easy Jam Squares
I made these easy Jam squares during the initial 3 week lockdown in March last year, yip that long ago already! Thank goodness we have moved on from there, right?! This recipe has been waiting patiently, since then, to feature on here. So let’s give it a warm welcome shall we! They were wonderful little…
Mom’s Homemade Chocolate Ice-Cream
So this recipe is for those of you with ice-cream machines, which I realise may not be a lot of you BUT, I can tell you that an ice-cream maker is worth the purchase. We make this chocolate ice-cream recipe every full moon. My boys love the tradition and they now know the meaning of…
Chocolate Oat Instant Cookies
My boys are loving these little no-bake chocolate oat cookies aka “instant” cookies. And to be honest, so am I. The wickedness lies in the fact that they only take like 10 minutes to make, start to finish. And then they are easy to eat of course.
Step-by-Step Tiramisu
I made this fancy-looking Tiramisu with my 11-year old neighbour, Chloé. Well actually, she made it. She is Belgian and so we followed a French recipe. That may sound like I can follow French recipes which would be terribly misleading. She followed the recipe and I read the pictures. Yes, this beauty of a French…
Naartjie and Vanilla Wildflower Cake
Hello and Happy Spring! I thought a little wildflower cake would be the perfect way to celebrate a new season. And a new season it is! As you may (or may not) know, sheet cakes have long been a favourite of mine (See the Carrot Sheet Cake here, then there is the popular Lavender & Lemon…
Step-by-Step Gingerbread House Tutorial
I bought a Gingerbread House kit as a treat for my boys recently. It seemed like such a magical-mommy festive thing to do. I thought the kit would make the process quick and easy so we could get down to the real process of eating it. Create it, appreciate the the beauty and then eat…
No-Bake Apple Crumble
You will love this make-ahead apple dessert not only because you can make it ahead of time but because a.) it’s a no-bake dessert, b.)it looks beautiful and c.) it feels kind of healthy to eat. We’re not going to kid ourselves though, it is a dessert but it feels like the tastiest breakfast…
Lavender & Lemon Sheet Cake
The ultimate picnic cake in a “sheet cake” format, this Lavender and Lemon Cake is not only delicious, it’s easy to transport too. That is not the only reason sheet cakes are cool. They are quick and easy to ice and provide the perfect ratio of cake to icing. If you love this format, you…
